[HPforGrownups] Circumstantial proof of DDM Snape (long)

[Irene Mikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 143666


--- esmith222002 <c.john at imperial.ac.uk> wrote:

> If Snape is fighting for the dark side, this
> basically means that HRH 
> have to identify and destroy the four remaining
> Horcruxes. Bearing in 
> mind the evidence from HBP that DD only survived the
> first Horcrux due 
> to his own 'prodigous skill' and Snape's timely
> intervention, as well 
> as the difficulty in extricating the (fake) Horcrux
> from the cave, it 
> is IMO completely illogical to believe that HRH are
> capable of this 
> task. If we also consider Harry's past history, he
> doesn't tend to deal 
> with the challenges put before him at any great
> speed e.g. the egg from 
> GOF, or Slughorn's memory from HBP.It also seems
> very unlikely from the 
> point of view of JKR's narrative structure. Is it
> possible for HRH to 
> find and destroy the locket, find and destroy the
> cup, identify, find 
> and destroy the unknown Horcrux, and finish off
> Nagini, as well as kill 
> Voldemort - all within the space of one book - NO!!!

I happen to agree with you, and IMHO it would make a
believable narrative only if Harry gets some
unexpected help from Snape.

However, there is another opinion (not pointing any
finger here, but you know who you are): that this will
devalue Harry as the hero of the books and make JKR a
very bad writer indeed. :-)

I'm still not sure where she will go. I can easily see
JKR writing about Harry, Ron and Hermione doing it all
without any help, through "sheer dumb luck". Whether
she can pull it off in a way that won't be completely
ridiculous, remains to be seen.
(Oh, and would not it devalue Dumbledore as a wise and
powerful wizard? To be bested by three half-trained
teenagers?)

Irene


	
	
		
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